bobtail vs caudate

bobtail and caudate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bobtail	Yes	Yes	No	No
caudate	Yes	Yes	No	No

bobtail (noun)	caudate (noun)
a short or shortened tail of certain animals	amphibians that resemble lizards
large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain	a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

bobtail (adjective)	caudate (adjective)
having a short or shortened tail	having a tail or taillike appendage
	(of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip